One of my users got this one today with a .pdf.exe attached to it called "secret report":

"The scientists from the university of Lesotho, have been carrying out a research during the last 9 years, and they've found out that probability of the extra strong earthquake which will create a giant crack from LA to Chicago and will almost split the US into two parts, it is supposed to happen during the next 7 years."

It gave me a good laugh! Luckily my user was smart enough not to click on it.

Oh yeah. One of the inlaws brought his system over after being infected with this garbage. I LOLed when I saw his mug shot attached. It was in the states so it was "from" the FBI as opposed to Canada's finest.

That particular style of malware is kind of cutely clever - it actually checks for estimated geographic location, and then picked the appropriate law enforcement agency for that area. So FBI or Cyber Command for the US, RCMP for Canada, Interpol or British police for UK users, and I've seen some other cool international ones elsewhere. Very amusing to see who falls for or panics about these things!

I have yet to have the privileged experience of seeing one of my users' mugshots on their laptop, but this is pretty clever. I'll probably kick myself later for saying this, but I do hope I get to see this one in action if only once for the experience.

Ahh the Greendot/Moneypak virus here in the States. Used to be my bread and butter Virus Removal/System Restore when I was in Retail IT. Almost always a 30something to middle aged guy that got it while browsing "adult" themed sites.